diff --git a/utils/yq/Makefile b/utils/yq/Makefile
index e7e84294e..2a6b6c376 100644
--- a/utils/yq/Makefile
+++ b/utils/yq/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=yq
-PKG_VERSION:=4.1.0
+PKG_VERSION:=4.2.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/mikefarah/yq/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=2ff35db36b2d8226d181deb02b8e80ea7f6d4fbe04b7942fc5de2470e91b66d5
+PKG_HASH:=19a75856c35cf99d7547faa5d00144b7a0d9e03ef04d10a20cd739dd8280ea7d
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@project-openwrt.eu.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT